Chris Logsdon puts a new line on one of his fishing poles as he stands on the dock behind his house along the north shore dam Friday afternoon along the shore of Buckeye Lake near Millersport.

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Emily Maddern
Advocate Reporter

Members of the Save Buckeye Lake committee are urging officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to reconsider plans to replace the Buckeye Lake dam, claiming the dam is stable and poses no safety threat to residents.

Officials from ODNR announced plans this past fall to build a new concrete dam about 20 feet further into the water than the current structure. The area between the new dam and the old one would be filled in with earth and added to the state park system.

The existing dam has been in place for more than 160 years and runs under about 400 homes along the north shore from Liebs ...